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Ever since we found out we were pregnant with Freddy, we’ve been pushing the “big girl” angle on Nyana. She needs to be a big girl to help with her brother. She needs to be a big girl and put … Continue reading →

So, kids are fun once conversations start happening. The other day I was in the living room with Nyana and Fred, working on Fred’s rolling over and Nyana’s sharing. Suddenly, Nyana picked up a stuffed animal that Fred was chewing … Continue reading →

Nyana came to me today, in that dead hour between Daniel Tiger’s Neigbourhood and lunchtime, and said to me, “Mama, you go outside for do a nature walk with meeeeeee?” My heart melted. I was wearing sweatpants and finishing my … Continue reading →

SATURDAY 12:52 AM “OK, we’re all packed. We’ll get up when Fred gets up at six a.m. and start packing the car. If we hope to be out by eight, we should for sure be on the road by nine.” … Continue reading →

Fred’s going to be three months old on Friday and the last update out of our camp was to tell you all that he was two months old. I live in a perpetual state of not knowing what day it … Continue reading →

Time keeps on ticking, ticking… Two months already. Two months and a bit, actually. Time keeps on ticking and Fred keeps getting bigger. 14 pounds, 8 ounces at his two month check up last week. Seriously, the child is monstrous. … Continue reading →

Nyana has had her share of nurses in her short life. From Tarrah, the very first nurse to watch over her when she crash landed in the NICU, to Heidi AKA Nurse Awesome, who wheeled our Cadillac of a stroller … Continue reading →

I can’t believe it’s already been a month since Fred was born! It was just yesterday it seems I was lamenting the passing of time on Nyana’s second birthday, and now here Fred’s already a month old and well on … Continue reading →

It’s been three weeks now since Fred joined us here at The Karen & Donners Show; three whole weeks of newborn diaper changes and middle-of-the-night feedings and an unending need to do more laundry. His entry into this world was … Continue reading →

It’s no secret that Don and I have always been a bit unconventional. We’d officially been a thing for a few weeks before going on our first date, and had spent only a handful of nights apart by the time … Continue reading →